Forest Change Data Catalogue
Climate
Growing season length (McKenney, D.W.)
Growing season length is calculated as the number of days between the last occurrence of 0°C in spring and the first occurrence of 0°C in fall. While each plant species has unique environmental cues to start and end its annual growth cycle, this growing season metric is a widely used general indicator of the timing of plant photosynthetic activity.
Data provided by: Dan McKenney, John Pedlar
Reference: Pedlar, J.H., McKenney, D.W., Lawrence, K., Papadopol, P., Hutchinson, M.F. and Price, D., 2015. A comparison of two approaches for generating spatial models of growing-season variables for Canada. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 54(2), pp.506-518.
| Years | Scenario | Description | Data Type | Link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-2010 | RCP Reference Period | The average growing season length calculated for a period from 1981-2010. This base line can be compared to the predicted growing season length for various future climate scenarios. | raster | Download (0.18 MB) | |
| 2011-2100 | RCP 2.6 | The projected growing season length for the periods 2011-2040, 2041-2070 and 2071-2100 under the RCP 2.6 scenario | raster | Download (0.54 MB) | |
| 2011-2100 | RCP 4.5 | The projected growing season length for the periods 2011-2040, 2041-2070 and 2071-2100 under the RCP 4.5 scenario | raster | Download (0.54 MB) | |
| 2011-2100 | RCP 8.5 | The projected growing season length for the periods 2011-2040, 2041-2070 and 2071-2100 under the RCP 8.5 scenario | raster | Download (0.54 MB) |